The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-09-22

DAD - UONNl1
r,ar cRowNrNa INVENT or THE
sEAsON Al LOxG BRANCH.
Beausaful Tollsss DlspiaysA - 1frs. Lag
try's Entsrtalnmcnt -Charactsristics of
Some Psrtisalarly Kstchins Costumss--
A Lookins-slass which VIII Csst os.ooo.
The event OF the season came OF the
other evening at Long Branch when
her Lilyship, Mrs. Langtry, played
in "Perir' before an audience COM
posed Of people from all over tho
United States, and . few from France
and England and, a. far as know,
there may have been some from Green
lands icy mountains. Everybody knows
the play and everybody knows how
famously our new citizen acts In Il.
But she quite outdid herself the other
night, not only in her acting, but in the
number Of smart gowns she wore. Even
the men were rapturousl And really
the toilets deserved It. The most fetch
ing was cieur rose silk, that famous
shade the men always mean when they
say pink, and with which they compare
all the somewhat faded rose ohades that
women are greatly given to wearing.
Curious as It may seem, material Of
this color is very seldom found in this
country, and most of the toilets made Of
It come from the workshops Of Felix or
Worth. This famous short gown was
draped in the statuesque folds over the
bodice that Mrs. Langtry 90 much affects
and which IL 80 suited to the style of her
figure. The modiste realized how per-
fectly the rose hue would look in long,
sweeping folds for the skirt, the drapery
unmarried by any hitching up or any sug-
gestion Of frills and frivols. But the
poet was stronger than the dressmaker
in the heart Of the man, and after seeing
before him this great, beautiful rose he
gave the finishing touch by making the
collar and belt Of olive-green velvet-the
leaves Of the flower. The famous Lang
try jewels were worn and then borne by
. sable Mercury to the safes Of the West
End Hotel. You see, those rubies and
diamonds are quite too magnificent to
take up their abode In private house,
that 10, II the inhabitants wish to leave
It alive the next morning.
All the charming toilets were not on
the stage, for the audience was, to q
woman, in full dress. A very chic toilet
made by Mrs. White, the one dressmaker
in New York who makes gowns to suit
the woman and doesn't insist that women
should be remade to suit the gown, was
of heliotrope poplin; It fell in long, soft
lines, and while there was drapery It was
yet so arranged that no fussy effect was
given. A Louis Quinze jacket of the
poplin flared away from . waistcoat Of
cream brocade with tiny white rosebuds
upon It, and then pocket laps and deep
buttons. A tiny Nanon cap of white
point d'esprit, with putting of helio-
trope velvet outlining It, fan of lace
and cluster Of pink rosebuds in front,
gave the finishing touch to the toilet and
made the wearer, 90 somebody said, look
I like Vatican shepherdess. There were
black lace gowns and white lace gowns;
there were white brocades and silks,
dowagers in velvet and brides in their
wedding-gowns, but wherever one looked
one saw pretty gowns, oftentimes pretty
women, but very certainly the frocks
were fetching.
What cali the woman act and what
really isn't acting ct all, because 1t can't
te helped, 10 at present overwhelming
Long Branch. It's the sort Of thing that
makes everybody want to look at the
woman, talk about the woman, hear Of
her clothes. her jewels, her preference
for either hot or cold water, what time
aha divnna rvhA alvna hAv h~v
many she possesses, what time she goes to
bed and what time she gets up and
whether she arranges her own hair. Mrs.
Cleveland possesses this attraction and
20 does Mrs. Langtry-and Mrs. LangtrH
has simply and merely by. existing
caused this cosmopolitan world to repose
itself at her feet and say, "Kick me II you
will, but when you do Il be sure and let
me see the shape Of your slipper, and
manage to make visible the name of
the maker on the sole 30 that I may
know. who It 10 that so exactly manages
to make slipper and stocking match.
One thing among Mrs. Langtry's
belongings that is essentially interesting,
and which required an immense amount
Of taste in collecting, is her silver toilet
set. It really 10 silver, and besides that
1t 10 old silver which It has taken her ten
yoeIb W uuO. AuoK0 are specimens OF
italian, Spanish, Irish and old English
silver, the latter, by the BY, having in
many instances the mark of George
upon It. The pincushion d most
curious bit-the enormously large franz
ing Of silver did it, duty In Ireland
couple Of centuries ago on the table Of
some rich family - potato holder,
large wooden bowl filled with smoking
| potatoes being set in the silver frame
that now does service a. the holder Of
the blue plush cushion, in which are
stuck innumerable costly pins.
The fine cut-glass bottles have their
tops made Of curiously engraved old
J watch-cases-some picked up in this
country, some in that, some found In
pawn-shops and some, for which enor-
nous prices were paid whom they were
bought for what they are, veritable an
tiques. Among the smelling bottles the
handsomest has its stopper formed Of .
star sapphire framed In diamonds; big
silver box dedicated to the use of infant
powder, and Q puff, biscuit box in the
days of good Queen Anne; smaller box,
holding matches, was In Spain many
years, and four or five brushes have backs